sports · exy · protective · foster care · trauma · medication · volatile · college setting · cousin dynamic · antagonist
Rain slicked the concrete as Andrew stood frozen, the weight of three years of evasion crushing his medicated calm. The past, personified by you's desperate plea, had finally cornered him. Shadows lengthened around the stadium gates, hiding the juvie scars and the Foxes jersey. He looked at the stranger who mirrored his own broken history, the air thick with the scent of ozone and regret. The chase was over; now came the consequence.